WPIAL lands 2 players on Class 4A boys basketball all-state team
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Highlands’ Johnny Crise scores during the WPIAL Class 5A championship game against Belle Vernon on Feb. 29, 2020, at Petersen Events Center.
Highlands’ Johnny Crise and Central Valley’s Isiah Warfield will play different sports in college, but right now they’re both all-state basketball players.
The two WPIAL stars were selected all-state in Class 4A on Thursday in a vote of Pennsylvania sports writers. Warfield was named to the second team and Crise made third team.
The two seniors were the only WPIAL athletes picked.
Warfield, a 6-foot-5 guard and 21-point scorer, signed to play Division I basketball at Liberty. Crise, a 6-6 forward who averaged 15 points, passed up college basketball offers and committed to Penn State football as a preferred walk-on.
The six all-state teams are being announced one per day this week, starting Monday with Class A and ending Saturday with Class 6A.
Class 4A
First team
Jordan Longino, 6-4, Jr., G, Germantown Academy
Tyreese Watson, 6-4, Jr., G, Bonner-Prendergast
Elijah Taylor, 6-8, Sr., F, Imhotep Charter
John Camden, 6-7, Jr., F, Archbishop Carroll
Donald Whitehead, 5-11, Jr., F, Hickory
Caleb Dorsey, 6-8, Sr., F, Hill School
Second team
Isiah Warfield, 6-5, Sr., F, Central Valley
Nick Filchner, 6-8, Sr., F, Allentown Central Catholic
Ibrihim Kane, 6-5, Sr., F, Polumbo
Jake Kelly, 6-3, Sr., G, Bishop McDevitt
Gabe Dorsey, 6-6, Jr., F, Hill School
Zach Rovinsky, 6-7, Sr., F, Western Wayne
Third team
Drew McKeon, 6-3, Sr., G, Pope John Paul II
Steven Ressler, 5-11, Jr., G, Bedford
Donovan Rodriguez, 6-0, Sr., G, Bonner-Prendergast
Johnny Crise, 6-6, Sr., F, Highlands
Justin Green, 6-5, Jr., F, Pope John Paul II
Peyton Mele, 6-3, Jr., G, Hickory
Player of the Year: Jordan Longino, Germantown Academy
Coach of the Year: Brendon Stanton, Pope John Paul II
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Pa. Sportswriters All-State Boys Basketball
Class A — Monday
Class 2A — Tuesday
Class 3A — Wednesday
Class 4A — Thursday
Class 5A — Friday
Class 6A — Saturday
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
Tags: Central Valley, Highlands
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